The Dodgers have “no plans” to fire Manager Don Mattingly when the team returns home Thursday or any time before then, a club official said late Sunday night.

So he’s safe. That is, unless the Dodgers are crazy-impulsive. Crazy-impulsive people do things without “plans” all the time. Like, say, drive to Canada the morning after some heavy drinking. Or get a tattoo while on vacation. Or trade for the most expensive players on a losing, in-fighting team late in the season.

When are these so called “Baseball People” going to get it through their thick skulls, you just can’t go out and buy several high dollar free agents and expect to be an automatic contender.
How big is payroll, $225 million ?

and I thought tracy was bad…..if someone on my team batted .075, he surely wouldn’t be batting clean-up…….compare 3 new players to dodgers core group….. (1)new…base hit, old…double play….(2) new,,,double….old…ground out short/second area….(3) new…..base hit…..old….double play……
something is out of sync….pitch around new players and go for the easy outs……never fails you give vetrans big contacts and it never pays off…..are both kemp and ethier injured….they are swinging the bats terrible….and pitching……..league should be in a “league” of his own and Jensen is pitching himself out of a job too….

I just don’t see nearly the amount of “fire the manager” sentiment in Los Angeles that I usually see in other cities, even when that sentiment is attempted to be stoked by media goons. I think that is a big factor in these kinds of decisions. I would guess he is OK, at least for sure for a month more of Greinke starts.

Last year’s Boston trade actually made sense to get Gonzalez and Crawford for this season; the trades for Blanton & Victorino were crazy, but then they gave up practically nothing for those guys. Dodger management seems to be reasonably focused (at least Kaston) on a long range plan, but a guy like Magic who had all the advice in the world on how to fix the Lakers may insist on “action”, such as canning the manager…..will be interesting to see what they do or don’t do…..